FREMANTLE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
A Fremantle individual and a group received the WA Premier’s Citizen of the Year 2017 award from Mayor Brad Pettitt today at the City of Fremantle’s citizenship ceremony at Fremantle Oval.
Fremantle Citizen of the Year Simone Ryan pioneered the successful Imagined Futures initiative which aims to address the complex needs of at-risk young people as they transition into high school. She is also Co-chair of the South West Metropolitan Partnership Forum’s Vulnerable and at Risk Youth Working Group and a youth counsellor with Palmerston Association.
Active Citizenship award winner Street Friends Pop-Up Street Shop is a free weekly volunteer-run service that provides disadvantaged people in the Fremantle community with healthy food options, toiletries, clothes, blankets and friendly company.
The award was received by Ruth Marshall who started the group.
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